Ou Est Le Swimming Pool Singer Charles Haddon's Funeral Held

Posted on Sep 6th 2010 8:15AM by Chris Cope
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The funeral of Ou Est Le Swimming Pool singer Charles Haddon has been held. About 300 people attended the service at All Saints Church in Yelvertoft, Northamptonshire on Saturday, Sept. 4, reports the Press Association.

Due to the number of attendees some mourners stood outside the church and listened to the service on a speaker system.

Haddon is believed to have committed suicide after his band's performance at Belgium's Pukkelpop festival on Aug.20. He leaped from a communications mast in a car park behind the festival's main stage.

As previously reported by Spinner, the singer's untimely death is thought to have been possibly triggered by worries that he had unintentionally seriously injured a fan in the crowd after a stage dive had gone awry. The fan suffered leg and vertebrae injuries but is expected to make a full recovery.

Meanwhile, Ou Est Le Swimming Pool have vowed to carry on with plans to release their album despite the death of Haddon, as reported by Spinner. Their debut album, 'The Golden Year', has a worldwide release date of October 3 and in a statement the London band said they had decided to continue with its release after consulting Haddon's family.